AT SCHOOL FOR INTERCULTURE
Fondazione Pesenti for Young Excellence
Bergamo, July 3, 2018 – Today was held the awarding ceremony for the Intercultura Scholarships promoted by Fondazione Pesenti for the 2018-2019 school year.
“Education and merit,” declared lawyer Mietta Denti Rodeschini, representing Intercultura at the opening. “Once again, the Pesenti family and their Foundation are present in the Bergamo area to reward the school commitment, curiosity, and ambition of high school students who want to discover themselves and challenge themselves in an international context. It is a special moment, truly special, to welcome back from the United States last year’s winners and to greet the three young students departing for a year abroad in the United States and Germany. Pesenti Foundation and Intercultura Foundation have always shared a focus on educating the new generations of our country, personal cultural growth, and the need to learn an international perspective with an intercultural spirit.”
The collaboration between Fondazione Pesenti and Intercultura began and developed during the 2009/2010 school year. Over the years, this initiative has grown both in numbers and in awards, totaling 36 scholarships assigned to Italian students abroad and foreign students in Italy. It is an educational project aimed at overcoming physical and intangible borders and removing social and intellectual barriers to form a generation of “intercultural natives.”
“It is truly a great joy for me to be here again for the awarding of the Intercultura Scholarships,” emphasized Prof. Giovanna Mazzoleni, Vice President of the Foundation. “Last year I saw three scholarship recipients leave for the United States, torn between the desire to discover new things and the fear of distancing themselves from their roots. During these twelve months, I read their accounts of the experience they were living, and I saw them change their lifestyles and habits, relate to a new family and new friends, gain a greater sense of responsibility, and learn to manage their own autonomy. An important journey of human and professional growth that I believe has brought benefit and enrichment not only to the young people directly involved but also to us adults, from whom we learn courage to open ourselves to the world and the sense of responsibility and awareness of being part of a multicultural society.”
Joining Giovanna Mazzoleni’s wishes were messages from the 2017-2018 scholarship winners: Beatrice Borelli from Treviglio, Beatrice Moioli from Bergamo, and Giordano Tintori from Gazzaniga, who shared their testimony of a year spent in the United States.
Fondazione Pesenti, together with Intercultura, offered young people aged 15 to 17 the opportunity to spend a period abroad attending public schools by awarding 2 scholarships for the “Year in the USA” program and 1 scholarship for the “Year in Germany” program. The scholarships were awarded based on merit to three outstanding students residing in Bergamo and its province:
- Vittoria Cornolti | Bergamo
- Noemi Guadagni | Lovere-Boario
- Sara Rota Conti | Bergamo
“I want to congratulate all participants and offer my warmest congratulations to the winners for the seriousness and motivation shown in their studies,” commented Carlo Pesenti, President of the Foundation. “This year all the winners are girls: undoubtedly a beautiful demonstration of tenacity and success, all female. I hope this recognition is a good omen for their future, that they become responsible actors in a global society and promoters worldwide of the cultural wealth of the Bergamo territory.” .
The Foundation also awarded, again based on merit, 3 scholarships for the “Summer Program to Ireland.” These scholarships, aimed at three students who are children of employees of the Italmobiliare Group, were awarded to:
- Filippo Amos Boriani | Milano
- Daniele Fabbris | Legnano
- Clara Ines Pasotti | Salò
Fondazione Pesenti aims to promote and spread a culture of innovation understood as the development of ideas, projects, and actions capable of creating a positive impact socially, environmentally, and culturally. The Foundation fosters modern forms of interaction among the public sector, for-profit private sector, and the non-profit world, by designing sustainable solutions that address major social challenges. Its new focus areas—alongside its traditional commitment to preserving national historic and artistic heritage, educational and scientific programs, public conferences and publications, humanitarian and social solidarity projects—are designed to support initiatives with a positive impact in creating socially valuable new businesses, especially developed by younger generations.
Intercultura Onlus Association has been promoting intercultural dialogue for 60 years through international exchange programs involving thousands of young people and families worldwide. It works to support the internationalization of Italian schools by providing examples of best practices and training sessions on managing exchanges (it is an accredited training body for school personnel by the Ministry of Education). The Association offers scholarships to promote international student mobility for deserving young people. The Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs are members of the Intercultura Foundation and support its activities.
Documentation
Press release Fondazione Pesenti – Intercultura 2018
Beatrice BORELLI
Beatrice MOIOLI
Giordano TINTORI
THE NEW SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Noemi GUADAGNI
Sara ROTA CONTI
Vittoria CORNOLTI
press review
Press review of print articles_04 07 2018
www.bergamonews.it
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsxif5K710U&feature=youtu.be
Beatrice Moioli responds to Vittoria Cornolti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1gHApvP8Ek
Giordano Tintori responds to Noemi Guadagni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiachVbvwj4
Beatrice Borelli responds to Sara Rota Conti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlUIQG0Rx7M&feature=youtu.be
The students who just returned from their year in the USA with Intercultura answer questions from the new scholarship recipients
https://youtu.be/J9_p2yCha_0
www.intercultura.it